The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1887-02-12
Washington Letter.
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ASHINGrON. FEB 8 1857


The R"pubic..n Senators met in eau
Gus Saturday morning and resumed the
subject they had up the preceding Sat
urday, which was the question Of The
best means of providing 10 a reduc-
ton of revenue aul c,nsrq .ent de.
crease of thes Treasury surplus. 1t is
cont nded 10y the representatives that
it is the exclusive province of the House
to originate rev.nae bills, and this view
has generally been acquie>ccd in by the
Senate. But there are Senators of both
parties who maintain that the Senate
has he right to originate such measures.
tprblican Senators claim that AS the
democratic House has neglected and
Continues to neglect the duty so imper-
ative OF providing for some reduction
Of the revenue, that it becomes tue
duty ofthe Senate to take up the sub
Jet. The question was discussed, and of
course the debate developed wide DIFF
ferences ofopinion. A caucus commit
tee was appointed OIL orderi"t business,
which will layout legislation for the
remainder of the session. The caucus
adjourned at l2'o'clock with the. unagr
sta"cing that an early adjournment OF
the Senate would he voted, and then
the caucus would reassemble this after
noon.
Last week number Of members of
both parties in the House held a con-
ference for the purpose of drawing NJ
resolutions of impeachment against
Secretary Manning for violating the
laws of Congress in his official acts
This movement was promoted by the |
ultra silver men and grew cut of what
they construed into virtual acknow
Judgement in his reply to the Weaver
resolution, that he had violated and in
tended to violate the law requiring
that mutilated notes presented for re.
dempton shall be redeemed in notes
of the same denomination. Several
members of the House declare that
there is no buncombe in it, but that it
is the result of \ serious determination
to resent a violation of law. In addition
to the Case with relation to the cancel.
ing of Treasury notes, it will be chary-
I'd that the law has been repeatedly
violated by the failure to purchase the
two million dollars worth Of silver eacI !
mouta. 1t will be charged that, Will,
the law is mandatory that that amount
shall be purchased "each month";" tn,
Treasury department. fails to make tin
purchase during any month when tn,
price OF silver had advanced, and buys
The supply for two months or more
when they haze 'beared" the market
and brought the price to low point. !
The Senate late Friday afternoon
passed the substitute for the Beck hill
to prohibit members of Congress from
acting as attorneys for land grant cor
poratlons. Mr.. b. OK said there was no,
much in the substitute that he cared
about but the House would
nave an opportunity to put something
effective in the bill. AS passed the bill
s as follows:
THAT it shall be unlawful for any
member Of either house of Congress to
'ccept employment as attorney at-law
or Payment for services of any kind in
opposition 10 the United States. in anr
Use to which the United States NAV b,
party, or IN which its interests may
re concerned, or from any railroad COM
any if such member shall have reason.
BILE cause to believe that measures